Hello All! My name is Sweetness(not really, but yeah.). I just recently had my navel pierced on November 5, 2003. I know this story is most likely going to be just like the other stories, but I am telling my story anyway, so there :p.
At A Glance Author Sweetness Contact Sweetness@bme.anon When A week ago Artist Libby Location Arkansas Background
I have wanted my navel pierced since the age of 16. My parents did not really have anything against it, except for the usual, "Your navel will rot off stories.." Of course I did not pay any attention to what they said. I still wanted it pierced. Due to lack of money and the parents not willingly wanting to pay for me intentionally punching holes into my body, I did not get it done right then.
Skip ahead to 3 years later. I am now 19 years old and I am a sophmore in college. I have had a steady job for a year and a half. I now have my own money and I do not need my parents permission. So, when I got paid recently, I decided that I would get my navel pierced. One reason in particular is that I rarely have extra money just laying around with all the bills I have. I thought, "This is now or never." So, me and 2 of my best friends took off to the tattoo and piercing studio 15 miles from where we lived. When we got in there, I immediately felt comfortable. Of course I was very nervous. Who wouldn't be when they are about to get a needle shoved through their navel??!! The piercer, Libby, was excellent. She made me feel at home pretty much. Well, I chose my curved barbell and hopped into the chair. I watched her as she changed gloves several times as she handled different items and wiped down different areas. I watched her as she also changed gloves when she opened the n eedle, clamps, and barbell from separate autoclaved bags. She also changed her gloves after she marked the entrance and exit holes and had me approve the position. She had me inhale and as she was preparing to stick the needle in, and told me to exhale as she tore through my skin with the needle. She went from bottom to top. I felt nothing as the needle went through the bottom. Although I did hear some crunching noise, I never felt anything until the needle came out through the top. It was enough pain to make me scream,
"Oh Shit!"
And after that, I never felt anything else. I could see the look on my best friend's face that what she was doing did not look good. That makes me laugh because when I saw her get her labret, it didn't look that good either.. I, myself, could not see or feel as she slipped the barbell into my navel and removed the needle. When she told me to stand up slowly and look into the mirror, I instantly fell in love with my navel. I have never seen it look so beautiful. It was perfectly straight in my less than perfect stomach. It gave me a new confidence in myself that I have never had before. I also got to witness my 2 other friends get a labret and a tongue piercing. As I left the studio, I felt proud of myself. For once I got to do something just for me, and not for anybody else. For my aftercare I wash my piercing with antibacterial soap in the morning and I soak it with sea salt after taking a bath at night. Other than that I pretty much leave it alone and it has been doing gre at. Its not sore anymore and its not swollen. I can say that the top hole is just barely red now. I cannot wait till I can change the curved barbell to a banana bell. I think I will go back to my piercer and have her change it in about 6 months. I, since then, have caught the piercing bug. I plan to get my tongue, nipples, cartilage, and inverse navel all pierced. I also plan to get 3 tattoos. So check up in the future for my other expirences and pictures, because there are bound to be lots more. As for anyone out there debating on getting their navel pierced, I say go for it. I will not lie, I did expirence minimal pain as the needle came out on top, but it literally lasted for once second. I never felt anything else from my navel. That one second of pain made me happy, simply because I had done something for myself. I had tough skin, so that could also be a factor in why I felt pain. But do not let the pain factor put you off from doing it. On a scale from 1 to 10, I give my pain factor a 2 maybe. Remember, pain is only weakness leaving the body...